You
will
taste
some
Lanzarote
wines
Wine
making
in
the
Canaries
began
at
the
end
of
the
15th
Century
after
the
conquest
of
the
Islands
of
Gran
Canaria,
Tenerife
and
La
Palma.
The
discovery
of
America
caused
the
shift
from
the
cultivation
and
processing
of
sugar
cane
to
the
introduction
of
vines
in
order
to
supply
wine
to
the
ﬂeets
that
left
from
here
to
the
west
(also
wheat,
which
together
with
oil
made
up
the
Mediterranean
diet).
In
the
16th
Century,
wine
was
the
most
important
product
for
export.
Neither
Lanzarote
nor
Fuerteventura
had
proper
conditions
for
wine
cultivation
at
this
latitude
-­‐
29th
parallel
(the
other
islands
were
blessed
with
a
more
favourable
altitude);
however,
despite
the
scarcity
of
rainfall
(150cm/year)
and
the
constant
trade
winds
that
whipped
over
the
plants,
the
system
they
adapted
led
to
their
reputation
as
"the
vineyard
of
the
impossible".
Lanzarote
is
an
"Apellation
d'Origine"
wine
producing
area,
which
includes
a
dozen
vintners.
The
wines
of
Lanzarote
are
of
excellent
quality
and
whoever
drinks
them
participates
directly
in
not
only
maintaining
the
rural
tradition,
but
also
the
singular
landscape
of
La
Geria,
unique
in
the
world,
resulting
from
the
peculiar
system
used
by
the
growers
to
extract
this
vital
juice
from
the
earth.
For
inexplicable
reasons,
phylloxero
(insect
disease)
has
not
come
to
the
Canaries.
Root
stalks
can
therefore
be
planted
directly
into
the
ground
without
the
necessity
of
stalk
grafting.
During
the
ﬁrst
hundred
years
(since
1737),
most
of
Lanzarote's
wines
were
destined
for
liquor,
which
the
merchants
of
Tenerife
acquired
by
adding
them
to
their
wines.
Although
Lanzarote
was
the
last
island
of
the
Canaries
to
enter
wine
growing,
it
nevertheless
has
the
oldest
cellar
in
the
Archipelago
-­‐
El
Grifo
-­‐
which
has
been
producing
wine
continuously
since
at
least
1775
(according
to
the
date
of
the
inscription
on
one
of
the
covered
tubs).

Types
of
wines
produced
in
Lanzarote
VOLCANIC MALVASIA WINE: The new name for the variety better known as Lanzarote Malvasia. It is most
likely a variety of Canarian origin as everything suggests it comes from a blend between the Aromatic Malvasia
(of Greek origin) and Marmajuelo. It is a productive variety of white grape, with light aromatic touches and
average maturation. The leading variety among the Lanzarote Malvasia wines, it is also cultivated on other
islands under the name of Malvasia, Malaga or Sebastian Garcia.

MOSCATEL WINE: The Alejandria Moscatel is cultivated on Lanzarote under the name Moscatel, a variety which is present in
all wine-growing areas of the world and has been known about for centuries. It is used both as a table grape and for winemaking. With late and irregular budding and a tendency to bleed, it grows in clusters with large berries which provide the
typical Moscatel aroma, and is therefore highly prized in the production of both single-varietal wines as well as coupages with
neutral varieties.

RED WINE: The red wine is a type of wine coming mostly from grape must inks, including development relevant for
the dissemination of material containing dye the skins of the grapes. Depending on the time of aging that takes place
in barrel and bottle, leads to get young wines, crianzas, reservations or large reserves. Once in the cave there are two
methods: the carbonic maceration, with whole grapes and confined (traditional harvesters, for early trade) and
another in which eliminates the scraping No breaks and bunch of grapes before fermentation yeast (used by
companies bodegueras, for use in breeding).